Thu, Jun 11th, 2009
Since we could not see Rushmore lit by the night, we were hoping to at least have a decent day time visit, but the forecast didn’t bode well. It was supposed to start cloudy but turn rainy pretty soon. We left very early and reached there by 9 am. There were already [...]
Archive for June 12th, 2009
Day 6: Another cold and rainy day in South Dakota
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Day 5: Cold and rainy South Dakota
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Wed, June 10th, 2009
Today was a total washout. Our planned agenda was to visit the Badlands National Park and the Minuteman Missile national Historic site (a nuclear missile launch control facility from the Cold war days). Both were adjacent to each other and after visiting both, we were to drive on to Rapid City for [...]
Day 4: The never ending drive to South Dakota
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Tue, June 9th, 2009
Today was just another marathon drive and the kids did just wonderful. Yes, there were periods of whining and fighting, but overall, it wasn’t too bad.
We had thought we will fit in some more Chicago sight seeing in the morning before leaving, but it was a cloudy and foggy day, so decided [...]
Day 3: An afternoon in the Windy City
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Mon, June 8th, 2009
We left Ann Arbor around 10.45 am. Drive to Chicago was uneventful. But closer to Chicago, there was a lot of traffic and the last 20 miles or so took very long. Reminded me of our very similar experience in Toronto. We checked into the Embassy suites in downtown around 3 pm. [...]
